02-15-2010
09:12 PM
1 Love
I'm glad to see so many "people of size" declaring that they will never fly Southwest again. That decreases the probability of my having them choosing to sit next to me, on the theory that someone of my size doesn't need his "full" seat. I once had to stand for more than 10 hours at the back of a Frankfurt - San Francisco flight because a very large person occupied the adjacent seat and most of the one that was assigned to me. That was an exit row seat, and I can't understand how the airline (let's call it UAUA) could allow that person to be seated there, since he seemed unable to perform the required tasks in the event of an emergency.
Extra points to Southwest for being the first airline to establish policy about large passengers and for continuing to apply that policy to the best of its ability. I hope that my ticket purchases help to offset any business that Southwest loses from the boycotters.
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